Kolkata, Feb 18 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday questioned the timing of the Pulwama suicide attack, asking whether the government wanted to go to war when Lok Sabha elections were round the corner. She also accused the BJP and RSS of fomenting communal tension in the wake of the militant attack that […]

New Delhi, Feb 17: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to India presents a “historic opportunity” to expand collaboration in all sectors, the Gulf country’s envoy here said on Sunday. Prince Salman, who is also Saudi Arabia’s defence minister, will arrive in India on February 19 on his first official visit. Counter-terrorism and […]

Islamabad, Feb 17: Amid heightened security, cash-strapped Pakistan Sunday received Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, whose maiden trip to Islamabad was delayed by a day for unknown reasons. Unease ran in the government circles in Islamabad that the Saudi prince might call off the trip due to security reasons after building up of tensions […]

Islamabad, Feb 17: Pakistan Sunday briefed ambassadors from African and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries about the situation after the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 41 CRPF soldiers. India held a briefing for envoys of 25 countries, including from P5 nations — US, China, Russia, the UK and France — […]

Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) Following the Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed, the film wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Saturday asked music label companies to stop working with Pakistani singers. “We have verbally communicated to Indian music companies like T-Series, Sony Music, Venus, Tips Music etc to not work with […]

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Feb 16: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday hit out at the Modi government, saying that while it waived loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of select industrialists such as Anil Ambani and Vijay Mallya, it promised just Rs 3.50 per day to farmers. Gandhi was speaking at a convention of tribals at Dhuragaon […]

Dhule (Maharashtra), Feb 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted Saturday that each drop of tear shed in the aftermath of the Pulwama suicide attack would be avenged. Continuing his tough talk in the wake of the suicide attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans Thursday, Modi said this is a “new India” […]

New Delhi, Feb 16 : Political parties Saturday put up a united face as they underlined India’s determination to fight terrorism following the Pulwama suicide attack and expressed their solidarity with security forces in defending the country’s unity and integrity. An all-party meeting, called by the government and attended by senior leaders of all major […]

New Delhi/Washington, Feb 16 : In the wake of the Pulwama suicide attack, US National Security Adviser John Bolton told his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval that America supports India’s right to self-defence as both sides vowed to work together to ensure that Pakistan ceases to be a “safe heaven for JeM and other terror groups”. […]

Islamabad, Feb 16 : Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s arrival in Pakistan on his first official visit to the country has been delayed by a day for “unknown reasons”. He was scheduled to reach Islamabad on Saturday but due to a slight change, he will arrive on Sunday, according to the Foreign Office. However, […]